Author

Contributions

  • Willard, Bill. - Contributor

Publication

1998 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing6379733
  • Goodreads1140867

Classifications

  • DDC781.64/0973/0904
  • LCCML3477 .S4753 1998

Description

Here is a colorful year-by-year chronicle of music in the '30s, blended with chapters on broader topics - the jazz clubs on Swing Street, the Big Band boom - and spiced with interviews with major figures (such as Burton Lane and Lionel Hampton), who bring a vibrant first-hand feel to the narrative. From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess to Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, from Woody Guthrie to Ethel Merman, and from the Carioca to the Lindy Hop, here is an affectionate and informative account of this golden era of popular song.

Subjects

Topics

JazzPopular musicBig band musicHistory and criticismJazz, history and criticismPopular music, history and criticismBig band music -- History and criticism

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